Day's run: 121 km
Total: 2059 km
Start: 06:45 am
Saddle Time: 08:54
Total Climb: 1376 m
Total Descent: 1340 m
Average: 13.6 kph
Ratnagiri is a big town 120 km away to the north and I'm determined to get there, 'shit or bust' as they say. I need a shower, to wash some clothes and get a decent meal.
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| The red dust of Maharashtra. These are the original brake blocks still looking good after 9,000 km |
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| Cheap and cheerful Indian street lighting |
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| Cow pats drying - used for cooking fires. Nice slow burn and I bet they smell good too! |
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| After my meagre beach supper last night I'm really hungry, so I stop early at the first bhaji shop I come across. their 'ready in 10 minutes' turns into a frustrating 45 minutes as they wait for the oil to heat up and prepare the batter etc etc. Meanwhile the sun is rising in the sky.......... |
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| I've seen more than enough of these estuaries today, pretty as they are. The riding along the coast is basically repetitive .........ride along a reasonably flat but barren 100m plateau, then hairpins down to a river bridge with a view like this, followed by a tough hairpin climb back to the plateau. As I've climbed nearly 1400 metres today, I reckon I must have done this 14 times. Now it's getting late, I'm knackered and it will be a night arrival in Ratnagiri...........there's no way I'm sleeping on the beach for a third night!! |
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